Mine, now 9 years old, a rebuilt Cardone ECM, is compromised at the base of one of the 2 connectors. I'm pretty sure a good solderer could remove the potting and reflow the solder at the base of the pins on the circuit board. I do not feel my skills are there yet, and would not, will not try unless I have an operational backup already installed or was way outta range of civilization with nothing to lose.
I can buy another remanufactured/rebuilt cardone or SMP for 230 to 270$ and keep my current failing ecm and then have 2 non functioning cores.
or I can send my original 1989 OEM ECM off to be rebuilt somewhere as I never returned it for the core charge.
Either way I want to have 2 fully functional ECMs, as acquiring the correct version of this ECM out on a road trip( where I just was) is a bit of a chore and a huge inconvenience, as well as a budget breaker.
There are issues with Manual transmission modules and Automatic tranny modules being freely interchanged, whereas the one version will not activate OD or lock-up of my A-500 transmission, yet is still said to be the correct version for this transmission.
So anybody have a engine computer rebuilder recommendation where I can send off my original ECM, and then later, my current ECM, to be rebuilt?
I'd really prefer to send mine out and get mine back rebuilt. 9 years ago I paid to mail 3 ECMs back until I ordered the 'wrong' model on purpose, and then finally had overdrive after installation. This is also why I kept the original ECM and ate the core charge as they would not reimburse me for shipping their mistakes back to them.
I have to rebuild the 14 pin connector too, and hope to find a used core from a junkyard somewhere to which I will add new molex barrel connectors and pigtails for splicing 14 new uncompromised wires.
The original connector was compromised by techs probing the wires and not sealing the holes a MM from the connector, and my 'get me home' solutions, many many moons ago, contributed to the failure of the solder joints on the current ECM as excessive force was then required to reseat the connector.
And only now with a myriad of zip ties and car wash sponges exerting pressure just so, can I get from A to B and back, but I expect stalling to return anytime and then more 'connector manipulation' to recover drivability for another short while.
I can buy another remanufactured/rebuilt cardone or SMP for 230 to 270$ and keep my current failing ecm and then have 2 non functioning cores.
or I can send my original 1989 OEM ECM off to be rebuilt somewhere as I never returned it for the core charge.
Either way I want to have 2 fully functional ECMs, as acquiring the correct version of this ECM out on a road trip( where I just was) is a bit of a chore and a huge inconvenience, as well as a budget breaker.
There are issues with Manual transmission modules and Automatic tranny modules being freely interchanged, whereas the one version will not activate OD or lock-up of my A-500 transmission, yet is still said to be the correct version for this transmission.
So anybody have a engine computer rebuilder recommendation where I can send off my original ECM, and then later, my current ECM, to be rebuilt?
I'd really prefer to send mine out and get mine back rebuilt. 9 years ago I paid to mail 3 ECMs back until I ordered the 'wrong' model on purpose, and then finally had overdrive after installation. This is also why I kept the original ECM and ate the core charge as they would not reimburse me for shipping their mistakes back to them.
I have to rebuild the 14 pin connector too, and hope to find a used core from a junkyard somewhere to which I will add new molex barrel connectors and pigtails for splicing 14 new uncompromised wires.
The original connector was compromised by techs probing the wires and not sealing the holes a MM from the connector, and my 'get me home' solutions, many many moons ago, contributed to the failure of the solder joints on the current ECM as excessive force was then required to reseat the connector.
And only now with a myriad of zip ties and car wash sponges exerting pressure just so, can I get from A to B and back, but I expect stalling to return anytime and then more 'connector manipulation' to recover drivability for another short while.